Demountable rim.



c, LUBBE @L L. H. FREE. DEMOUNTABLE RIM.

APPLICATION FILED JANZSI. ISIS.

1,243,313. l ,Patented 0@f16,1917.

A TToR NE'Ys.

it @Imm it may cmi-cern so 'H FREn," citizens ofthe" Uni State ingatthecit'y and county' ci? Saa-n anciscof-jand State vof Caiioinia.,

exitedcertainy new and useful iin-.

proveniente' in Demountable Rims, oi which if the vention relates tovehicle vvheeis' "iid in'oifeparticularly' to means for securingfffal''de mountdeleriin to vehicle wheels; i whereby the fis' .capabiefobeing' f ,easily "ieniovedf'fromf'and positioned 4on a vehicle Wheel;vand "fone" wherein 'there is einployedl e plurality off locking'lugs'or ni'en1bei's which I l areaudapted onf nio'soiiiation of theloekingf-fmeinberf on the telly fto be positioned over of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention suitabiefbsse's fon :theiim andprevent the same-from being W1 vide la iieijenteponstru'ction which isca pabie. being flchaply y*manuiactured and position a `riiny on theWheelir.

With the above mentioned and other ob- 'jects in View, the :inventionconsists in the y wvardlyftapered, as in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 to'novel-construction and combination of parts hereinafter described',illustrated in the ac oo mpanying drawings and pointed out in the claimhereto appended, 1t being understood that. various changes inftheproper,- Vtion, form, size or minor details of construction. Within' thescope-ofthe claim may` be,

resorted to Without departing-from the spirit or sacrificing vlany ofthe advantages reference is directed to 'the accornp'anyingl Figure l'isa view in side elevation of an vembodiment ofour invention applied to a'vehicle wheel with lthe lock-ing .ring in pov sition with the lugscarried thereby coperating .with the bosses 'onthe'rim and locking the-rim on the fe11y`. k

1g. 2 1s a sectional view takeny on line s a-of Figi' v lig.4 3 is aview in end elevation of one'ef the bosses carriedy by vthe rim,disclosing the taper of the'side and bottom Walls thereof.

Figa 4 isa'vievv in sideelevation of'a 'pon tion of the 4Wheel andirimWith the MoliniAJ ring movedlt'o a positionwhere the lugs spatiesmounting the .fe

i a" pecication. 5

` the outer face oi @www ses;

boats on the removed f igs, Where designate eerresf;

n the' draw reference the nuinei'ais i indieat plat its peripiq D it thewhich is rer posed" iii" y and are euhstaiutially U 'liie Width of 'theets Vis iessY than that of the eiiy, as in c Q ,fandeach receive-s an ii i; i* boss 3" disposedinwaifd phery-ot' the rin-i 5 dtb siightiy lessthai iat ofthe sockets, so 'that when the rim 1 in position the innewalis 8 and 9 of the respectii-'e sockets bosses Wiiiv lie insiightspaced 1:"eia-tio11,l asA in Fig. 2; The side 'and bottom" Wais l()'andll of the sockets 6 and bosses 7 are inprovide 'Wedging action.therebetween when the -riin is imposition and said tapered Waits preventany' circumferential move`u nient of therim on the folly. l

A securing boit l2 extends through the feiiy, beneath eachoftbe-soci-zets@ andthe threadedends 13 thereof project eyondthe outerside edge et the eiiy and'receivethe 'nuts'ie v 1 i suitable eineoiwring it I'ies fiat against the out@ e of the 'iciiy fi'and is 9provided With a 'piuraiity ci circumferengn I tiaily'disposed arcuatesiotsor'openings through each o t which is adapted to extend BESTAVAILABLE CO' the upperL ends of seid lugs are inturned, as at 19, andare adapted to beer against the outer fecesef' the bosses 'T when it isdesired to secure the rini in position on the felly, as in Fig. 1. Oneor more studs.4 or projections 2O are formed on the outer face ofthe'ring.15 to'provide eslieulder for re-A ceiving a blew to move thering 15 relative to the felly, should the seme notnbenfriee after thenuts 14 are loose on the bolts.

Tf-'position-e rim onor remove onefrom the felle.' the nuts 14 inust beirst=loese0n thebolts lQzuidthe ring moved relative Ato thrbolts -untilthe lugs- 18 arevatlonefside of ltheir respective psockets endbosses;'asf-in Fig.l 4, :it which time the rim maybe-slipped from the -felly;When-it is desired'to leek a positioned 4rimon tliefelly, it is onlyrequired tba'ttberingl be leseillaoed to posi tion lie'lockinglugs 18over 1their cepereting 'beweis und tlieniti-gliten: theA nuts; -14

which :.1 re, wlienithe ring istimeS positioned.I

immediately beloWd-helugs 18 endbear dif rcetly therelentos- It will beobserved that itl is not'necessziry .to-remove any pewter-th# lookingmechan ism -r'em the felly j to remove Vthe rim, 1 but that 'the ringvl15 is -oscilletedvon thefaee of the'rim to position the locking lugseveror\ remove the-seme -fronrin Vwfront of the bosses. Hstvingiytliusdescribed 'our inizvention,- 4what we claim as ner,f and desire 'toproteet by Letters -Patent 'is 14- ]n\uJ vehicle# WlieeLfa ellyformed onAits periphery witlftransiiersely disposedsockets open :1t-one end andthe walls of said sockets convergingtowardtlie inner endthereof, udemountable rinifor "ositioningr over said felly-and provided Wili aplurality ofl inwardly extended bosses for reception one in eaehbfsaidsockets, an the Walls of said Ibosses converging toward the innerend thereofen.seeurngrbelticerriediby said elly below each of saidsockets, said bolts projecting at one end beyond-one yfece .of saidfelly7 a ringr provided with arslotfoi the reception of fthe: projectingends of eeolr` of saidbolts, said ringadaptedV for positioningedjacentthe facevi-said felly .formed With-the open ends of suidfsocketsandrsaidirirlg-provded on-its periphery Within plurality @fradellydisposed lugs errmged'ene over cbrrespend+ ing open 'ends of feaehziofisaid-,fslots land capable of limited rotaryl movementiwelative' tosuidrfelly Withinfthe.lilnitsfof slots tonpoeit-ion seid lugs enxseidibosseeandwa nut coperating Withfenclrrof saidbolts for retaining'- seidring in its adjusted position and for" forcing seicllugseinto Contactwith seid bosses. ln'testimeny .whereof We have vsigned ein names to lthis specificati on .in the lpresenc of: Vtwo s subscribing` Witnesses;

CHARLES LUBBE. LEONARD H.-.FREEL Witnesses:

